Matthew Yeager

Matthew Yeager's poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, Bennington Review, Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day, and elsewhere.  His long poems have been included in several anthologies, including Best American Poetry 2005 and 2010.  "A Big Ball of Foil in a Small NY Apartment," his micro-budget short film, was an official selection at eleven film festivals in 2009-2010, picking up three awards.  Other distinctions include the Barthelme Prize in short prose, fellowships to MacDowell and Yaddo, and inclusion in Oprah magazine’s “Top 30 Love Poems of All-Time.”  The co-curator of the KGB Monday Night Poetry Series since 2011, Yeager worked in the NYC catering industry for fourteen fucking years in various capacities: truck driver, waiter, sanitation helper, sanitation captain, bartender, bar captain, lead captain, producer.  His first book, Like That (Forklift Books, 2016) received a starred review from Publisher's Weekly.  His second book, Porm, is in the can and will be out at some point.  He is currently a doctoral fellow at the University of Cincinnati, where he lives with the poet Chelsea Whitton and their cats Merle and Dolly.